Coin-collector.



PATENTED APR. 14, 1908. E. B. CRAFT.

COIN COLLECTOR; APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13, 1906. v

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PATEN'TED APR. 14, 1908.

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E. B. CRAFT.

COIN COLLECTOR. APPLICATION FILED PEB.18, 1906.

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EDWARDVB. CRAFT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIeiIoR 'ro WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY.

OF OH-IOAGOHILLINOISLA CORPORATION or ILLINOIS. I

COIN-COLLECTOR.-

Specification of Letters Patent; Application filed February 13, 1906. Serial No. 300,632

Batented April 143-908.

phone pay stations, and has for its object to provide an improved organization of apparatus wherein a count or record is-kept upon a re ister of each com deposited.

ore particularly, my invention is applicable to coin collectors where a plurality of coins of-predetermmed size are required of a subscriber in order to obtain a desired connec'tion, and my aim is to providemeans for refunding such coins without affecting the register, and to depositsuch coins one at a time, the register being operated each time a coin is deposited. In applying my" invention to sue a system, I provide a tern orary coin receiver a apted to simultaneous ysu port a plurality of coins required of the su scriber, electromagnetic mechanism being provided ada ted when suitablyoperated to isoharge sai' coins one at a time mto a cash box, said mechanism, each. time a coin is deposited, operating a register to record the' deposit.

Said mechanism is "also adapted when properly operated tosimultaneously discharge said coms into a'i'efund tray without afiecting the register.

' I will describe my invention more particularly by. reference. to the accompanying drawings which illustrate an embodiment thereof, reservingfor the appended claims a' statement of the I arts, improvements and combinations WhlC I deem'novel withme.

Fi ure' 1 is afront view of a toll box em-.

bodyln my i'nven-tion,- as indicatedb 7 line 1-1 0 Fig. 2, with the coverremove and elevation-with the cover in section; Fig. 3 is 1 a detail plan sectional view; showing the connection of the register with the armature;

Fig. 4 is a detail plan sectional view, showing the'guidej and ig'. 5 is a detailside elevation of the guide and rail, showing the sameabout to deposit a coin.

. The same letters of referenceindicate the t v a L fund tray onthe outside of the box, without some partspwherever shown.

The toll box shown in the-drawing is determined size are required to be deposited by a calling subscriber in order to o tain a desired connection. The coin chute a leads froman opening in the side wall of the box to a downwardly inclined guide rail 'b} preferably grooved to prevent the coins from sli ping off, and on which the first coin, re s A movable groove guide or-discharge arm 0 is adapted to receive the tops of the coins I) end to end, stops d being automatically interposed by said coins between themselves to prevent wedging thereof, said coins being adapted when on said to operate contacts .in-the usual manner.- The rail b and guide 0 form a temporary receiver for the coinsinguide 0 isin two arts .0, the art 0" be over the lowerel id oi the railafid arrang dd part being connected by'abare with a cross ar e pivoted to the frame; Said armature is also-connected with the operating pawl g of a register g. The armature fis-adapted guide armand throw the coin eld thereby armature at the same timeqo crating the andmake a record ofithe deposit. The ccarries an arresting finger c", which the part -c-is 'moved' away from its normal posittheieoin, lies infront'of the next coin on the rail to prevent. it from passing on to the end of the soon, however, as the part c reaehes'zits normal position, the said next coinonthe rail rolls down into the control'of the de ositing part c and is de osited, the register. oing again operated. he deosit" 1 part c carries a finger .c', which whent e part c vis moved by the-armature posite to that indicatedin 5, is adapted discharging t e coins-held byboth'parts c.,- 0", into a refund chute 4', 'lead' to a read'apted for use where three'coins of a pre-' when tilted by the magnet in the direction indicated in F1g.-5 to move the art c ofthe.

position inaline'ment with the part 0 to de to engage the art 0?, thereby simultaneously ;unt1l it strikes a sto b at the end of the rail. '65

\ on said rail. The coins are held on the rail serted in the box by the subscriber. ,The

to sup ort a single coin. The art 0 is connecte by a bar ewith the tiltln armature f of a polarized electromagnet the other Into a. chuteh leading to the cash box h, the

pawl g to. advance the-train o the register f? of the polarized magnet in a direotion nliaffecting the register, the pawl g being by such movement of the armature moved awa from the registering train.

T 1e chute a and guide rail b may be laterally inclined toward the refund chute, as shown, so that coins of less than the predetermined size 'will be automatically discharged into the chute leading to the refund tra ft will be noted that the coin distributing mechanism and register are in a locked C0111- partment independent of the locked compartment containing the cash box, so that thegcollector, who has the key to the cash box compartment, cannot obtain access to the register and falsify the count. The provision of the register provides a check on the collector.

I provide spring-actuated means for returning the armature and arts 0, c, of the guide to normal position, tiie part a when in such position resting against a stop 6 which prevents it from moving in a direction to de- "posit the coin held thereby.

I claim: 1. In a coin collector, the combination with a temporary receiver for a plurality of coins, deposit and refund chutes, electromagnetic mechanism for discharging said coins into said refund chute, said mechanism being also adapted to discharge said coins one at a time into said deposit chute, and a register operated each time a coin is thrown into said deposit chute.

2. In a coin collector, the combination with a coin chute, of deposit and refund chutes, a guide rail adapted to receive coins from said chute and simultaneously support a plurality thereof, supporting means for the tops of said coins, electromagnetic mechanism ada ted to operate said supporting means to ischarge said coins one at a time into said de osit chute, and a register operated by sai mechanism as each coin is deposited, said mechanism being also ada ted to dischar e said coins into the refund cliute without ahecting said register.

3. In a coin collector, the combination with a coin chute, of deposit and refund chutes, a uide rail adapted to receive a plurality o coins from said chute, a movable support for the tops of said coins, an electro magnetadapted to operate said support to throw said coins one at a time into said deposit chute, and a register operated by said magnet each time a coin is deposited, said magnet being also adapted to operate said support to throw said coins simultaneously into the refund chute.

4. In a coin collector, the combination with a coin chute, of deposit and refund chutes, a guide rail adapted to receive and simultaneously support a plurality of coins from said chute, a two part movable guide adapted to engage the tons of said coins,

electromagnetic mechanism for moving both parts to discharge said coins simultaneously from the rail into the refund chute, said mechanism being adapted to move one of said parts alone to de osit the single coin supported thereby, t 10 remaining coins thereupon passing singly under the control of said part, and a reglster operated by said mechanism upon the deposit of each coin.

5. In a coin collector, the combination with a coin chute, of a downwardly inclined guide rail adapted to receive and'simultaneously support a plurality of coins from said chute, a movable guide adapted to en a e the tops of said coins, deposit and refund cdiutes on opposite sides of sald rails,said guide being in two parts, electromagnetic mechanism for moving one of said parts which engages a single coin, said electromagneticallyoperated part when moved in one direction engaging the other'part to throw all said coins simultaneously into said refund chute, said first mentioned part when moved in the other direction de ositing the coin supported thereby without isturbing said other part, the remaining coins rolling one at a time under the control of said depositing part, and a register operated by said electromagnetic mechanism only as each coin is deposited.

6. In a coin collector, the combination with a coin chute, of deposit and refund chutes, a uide rail adapted to receive a plurality 0% coins from said chute, a twopart movable guide adapted to engage the tops of said coins, a polarized electroinagnet, a tilting armature for said polarized magnet connected with one of said parts and adapted when moved in one direction to cause said art to deposit the single coin engaged therey, the remaining colns thereupon passing singly under the control of said depositing part and being singly deposited, said armature when moved 1n the opposite direction causing said depositing part to engage and move said other part to throw the coins held by both parts simultaneously into the refund chute, a register, and an operating pawl therefor connected with said armature to operate the register only when the armature is tilted in the direction to deposit a coin.

7. In a coin collector, the combination with a coin chute, of a downwardly inclined guide rail adapted to receive and simultaneously support a plurality of coins end to end, deposit and refund chutes on opposite sides of said rails, a two part movable guide engaging the to s of said coins, electromagnetic mechanism a apted to move one of said parts alone in a direction to throw the single coin supported thereby into said deposit chute, an arresting finger carried by said depositing part and resented before the other part while the e ositing part is operating alone, to revent t e remaining coins from leaving sai other part, said remainingcoins when the depositing part returns to normal posi ister operated by said electromagnetic mechtion rolling slngly into the control of said anism as each coin is deposited, but remainde ositing part and bein singly deposited, in inert when the coins are refunded thereby.

ding %n witness whereof, I,- hereunto subscribe a er carried by said epositmg portend 5 adaptetd to en age said other part, sand rnechmy name this 6th day of February A. 1)., 1906. 15 anism eing a epte to move said eposltin {part in the opposlte direction and cause sal i EDWARD A er to move the other art, to simultene- Witnesses: ous y discharge the coins old by both parts ROY T. ALLOWAY,

10 of said guide into the refund tray, and a reg- R. W. INGERSOLL. 

